From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:33:47 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/33] Staging: Fixed to -y Message-Id: <20101008183347.GA23712@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <20101008134654.GA6600@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: matt mooney Cc: T Dent , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 11:09:11AM -0700, matt mooney wrote: > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 12:16:35AM -0700, matt mooney wrote: > >> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:35 PM, T Dent wrote: > >> > I patch against the next-20101006 tree. > >> > > >> > The patch series replace use of -objs with -y in the > >> > staging directory. > >> > >> Commit messages are written in the present tense. You happen to be > >> using two different tenses within the commit message, which is truly > >> odd. =A0And why did you not split apart those atrocious statements with > >> the infinite column width? > > > > As Dan said, we understand what is happening here, and we do not have > > grammer police for changelog comments, thank goodness. > > > >> This patch series adds little benefit. =A0As Sam has suggested, a more > >> general cleanup would be a better goal, and staging is an area that > >> needs extra attention some of which has already been pointed out in > >> other emails. > > > > But these patches are all good to have, so I will be applying them, > > please don't think they are unwanted at all. > > >=20 > This is good to know. I wonder how well received these changes will be > in other parts of the kernel though. It depends on the subsystem maintainer. good luck, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html